Hobby predictions for 2019

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

TPGs will offer the option of designating precise centering measurements on the flip, and a whole new set of premiums will develop. Cards that are 52-48 or better both ways will sell for 3x or more. Only half kidding.

I would love this. Only half kidding.

[frankbmd]

Prewar cards will “all” be one year older. Not kidding.

[Snapolit1]

Someone will complain that PWCC auctions are being shilled and will post a screen shot to prove it.

[Fred]

TPAs will continue to happily take your money and provide an opinion to you. If they're wrong and proven so, "oh well", it was just an opinion anyway....

All of the hoopla surrounding the faked signed T206 cards will pass and then someone is going to figure out that three quarters of the signed Goudeys and 52T are fake and everyone will be up in arms about that until something else grabs their attention.

[oldjudge]

After Jane Leavy's book on Babe Ruth, Ruth cards will take another step up in value. Joe Jackson cards on the 100th anniversary of the Black Sox scandal will also rally.

[WahooSam]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

After Jane Leavy's book on Babe Ruth, Ruth cards will take another step up in value. Joe Jackson cards on the 100th anniversary of the Black Sox scandal will also rally.

I’ll take the under. I don’t believe card prices have been impacted by anniversaries or books at any point during the last 10 years.

[pawpawdiv9]

as for AH's:
Lesser Buyer Premiums
All auctions have no more Overtime. (for ex: Ends at Midnight- no exceptions)
Better bid price structure increments
Shorter time frame for AHs (2weeks) not for whole month.

as for TPG's:
change in Auth category (altered, pinhole, miscut, handcut) etc- resulting in new label

as for cards:
New attic find, this time not T206's, might be Goudeys or PlayBalls.
Price-wise- all named Hofers continue to rise. May I add Paige to the list.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by WahooSam

I’ll take the under. I don’t believe card prices have been impacted by anniversaries or books at any point during the last 10 years.

The run on 1914 Cracker Jacks in 2014 was insane, likely driven by the anniversary and a book.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by WahooSam

I’ll take the under. I don’t believe card prices have been impacted by anniversaries or books at any point during the last 10 years.

I think the new light shed on Ty Cobb by the book A Terrible Beauty definitely helped lead to increasing prices. I know I personally started spending a lot more on Cobb after reading it.

[egri]

The scandal with the fake signed T206s will pass (it has already fallen off the front page here), and the TPAs and AHs involved will survive with their bottom lines, if not their reputations, more or less intact.

Graig Kreindler and Tim Carroll will continue to wow us with their artwork.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by WahooSam

I’ll take the under. I don’t believe card prices have been impacted by anniversaries or books at any point during the last 10 years.

+1

[Throttlesteer]

I predict another high-profile dealer/seller is going to end up getting popped for nefarious behavior

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Someone will complain that PWCC auctions are being shilled and will post a screen shot to prove it.

or maybe something a little worse!!!!

[Kenny Cole]

Stickers on graded cards!!!! Oh, wait, that has already happened this year.